301. Which Indian female wrestler won
Bronze in the World Junior Championship at Pattava on 6 September 2012?
(a) Indu Choudhary
(b) Geeta Phogat
(c) Sonika Kaliraman
(d) Alka tomar
Answer: (a)
302. Name the Formula one driver who became the winner of
Italian Grand Prix 2012
(a) Fernando Alonso
(b) Lewis Hamilton
(c) Sebastian Vettel
(d) Michael Schumacher
Answer: (b)
303. Name the tennis player who became
the first British man to capture US Open Grand Slam Singles Championship after
76 years by defeating Novak Djokovic on 11 September 2012.
(a) Andy Murray
(b) Max Woonsam
(c) Jamie Murray
(d) Bunny Austin
Answer: (a)
304. Name the New Zealand’s fast
bowler who retired from both International and Domestic Cricket
(a) Shane Bond
(b) Daryl Tuffey
(c) Ian Butler
(d) Chris Martin
Answer (b)
305. The boxing Champion, Muhammad Ali
who retired from the game in the year 1981 was honoured with Medal in
Philadelphia on 13 September 2012. What was the name of that medal?
(a) Liberty medal
(b) Medal of Excellence
(c) Indecorum medal
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
306. Which Indian player became ICC
ODI cricketer of the year?
(a) Virendra Sehwag
(b) MS Dhoni
(c) Suresh Raina
(d) Virat Kohli
Answer: (d)
307. Which character is declared to be
the official mascot for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil on 12 September 2012.
(a) Laughing Buddha
(b) A Smiling Armadillo
(c) Shera
(d) A Running Pichachhoo
Answer: (b)
308. Women SAF football championship
2012 was won by which country?
(a) Nepal
(b) Bhutan
(c) China
(d) India
Answer: (d)
309. Name the two players on whom AITA
(All India Tennis Association) extended ban till June 2014
(a) Mahesh Bhupati and Rohan Bopanna
(b) Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna
(c) Leander Paes and Sania Mirza
(d) Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati
Answer: (a)
310. Name the owner of Delhi franchise
of hockey India
(a) Tata Group
(b) Wave Group
(c) Bharti Group
(d) Aircel and Reliance
Answer: (b)
311. Name the person who has been
appointed as full time president of Hockey India.
(a) Gayatri Shetty
(b) Mariamma koshy
(c) Bachendri Pal
(d) Dilip Tirki
Answer: (b)
312. Name the the Australian Cricketer
who on 20 September 2012 announced his retirement from all formats of Cricket.
(a) Matthew Hayden
(b) Ricky Pointing
(c) Michael Clarke
(d) Bret Lee
Answer: (a)
313. Name the BJP MLA who was elected
as the President of Indian Boxing Federation on 23 September 2012.
(a) Abhishek Matoria
(b) Ashok Gehlot
(c) Mahesh Joshi
(d) Sachin Pilot
Answer: (a)
314. Name the England football player,
the captain of Chelsea in the premier league who announced his retirement from
International Football on 24 September 2012.
(a) John Terry
(b) Stevan Gerrard
(c) David Beckham
(d) Ashley Cole
Answer: (a)
315. Name the Indian boxer and London
Olympic bronze medalist who on 24
September 2012 named as the brand ambassador of super fight league.
(a) Vijendra Singh
(b) M C Mary Kom
(c) Manoj Kumar
(d) Vikas Krishan
Answer: (b)
316. Name the Former Cricketer and
all-rounder, who was appointed as the Chairman of the five member senior
selection committee of BCCI on 27 September 2012.
(a) Saba Karim
(b) Vikram Rathour
(c) Sandeep Patil
(d) Rajinder Singh Hans.
Answer: (c)
317. Deepika Kumari the Sports Person
from India, won Silver at Recurve World Cup on 23 September 2012 in Tokyo.
Recurve world Cup is related to which Sports Event?
(a) Archery
(b) Shooting
(c) Disc Throwing
(d) Volley ball
Answer: (a)
318. Which Indian golfer wrapped up a
four-shot victory at the Yeangder tournament players Championship in Chinese
Taipei on 17 September 2012?
(a) Gaganjeet Bhullar
(b) Jeev Mikha Singh
(c) Shiv Kapur
(d) Jyoti Randhawa
Answer: (a)
319. The Supreme Court of India on 4
September 2012 directed the Union Government of India to re-fix the pay scale
of army officers affected by the which Pay Commission?
(a) Fourth pay Commission
(b) Sixth pay Commission
(c) Fifth Pay Commission
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
320. At what interest rate percent per
annum, The Union Cabinet gave its approval to continue interest subsidy to
Public Sector Banks (PSBs), Regional Rural Banks (RRBs), Cooperatives Banks and
NABARD enabling them to provide short-term crop loans of up to Rs 3 lakhs to
farmers during the year 2012-13?
(a) 7% Per annum
(b) 8.5 % Per annum
(c) 6 % Per annum
(d) 5 % per annum
Answer: (a)
321. To what percent Government of
India on 11 September 2012 reduced interest rates on rescheduled crop loans from
12 percent in the drought-affected areas for the fiscal year 2012-13
(a) 8 percent
(b) 5 percent
(c) 7 percent
(d) 6 percent
Answer: (c)
322. The State Health Ministry of
Arunachal Pradesh launched a scheme in Itanagar on 14 September 2012 for
providing financial assistance upto 1.5 lakh rupees to BPL patients suffering
from life threatening diseases in the form of a onetime grant. What was the
name of that scheme?
(a) Rashtriya Aarogya Nidhi
(b) Rashtriya Janseva Nidhi
(c) Rashtriya Sarvoklayan Prayojna
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
323. Name the Person of India who was
appointed as Chief Economist of World Bank.
(a) Kaushik basu
(b) Jaideep Sarkar
(c) Narayan Murthy
(d) Nandan Nilkeni
Answer: (a)
324. Name the person who on 13
September 2012 was appointed as the 39th chief justice of India
(a) Justice Altamas Kabir
(b) Justice A.K. Sikri
(c) Rajeev Gupta
(d) Justice Mohit Shantilal Shah
Answer: (a)
325. Which person was appointed as the
president of, The Indian Newspaper Society for the year 2012-2013 on 13
September 2012 during the 73rd annual meet of the Newspaper Society?
(a) K.N. Tilak Kumar
(b) Ravindra Kumar
(c) Ashish Bagga
(d) Pradeep Gupta
Answer: (a)
326. On which date Vayalar Ravi,
Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs inaugurated the 7th Heads of Indian
Missions (HoMs) conference and announced revised Indian Community Welfare Fund
(ICWF) scheme.
(a) 15 September 2012
(b) 16 September 2012
(c) 17 September 2012
(d) 20 September 2012
Answer: (c)
327. The Supreme Court of India on 14
September 2012 lifted the gag order on media reporting of troop movement that
was ordered by one of the High Court. HC order was in violation of the fundamental
right under Article 19(1) (a) of the Constitution, granted to the media and
every citizen of the country. The order came from which of the high court?
(a) Allahabad High court
(b) Calcutta high court
(c) Karnataka high court
(d) Madras high court
Answer: (a)
328. The Union government hiked
Dearness Allowance (DA) by what percent benefiting its 80 lakh employees and
pensioners and costing the exchequer an additional Rs7,408 crore annually?
(a) 4 percent
(b) 8 percent
(c) 7 percent
(d) 6 percent
Answer: (c)
329. On which date, the Union Cabinet
of India, under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh approved the
long awaited demand for One Rank One Pension (OROP) and other benefits of
ex-servicemen.
(a) 21 September 2012
(b) 24 September 2012
(c) 19 September 2012
(d) 17 September 2012
Answer: (b)
330. Name the Union Minister who on 24
September 2012 took an additional charge of the Railway Ministry after the exit
of Mukul Roy.
(a) C.P. Joshi
(b) Nitish kumar
(c) Mamta Banerjee
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
331. Which Indian Bollywood actress
was appointed as International Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations
Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) ?
(a) Katrina Kaif
(b) Aishwarya Rai
(c) Kareena kapoor
(d) Madhuri Dixit
Answer: (b)
332. The Election commission of India
on 27 September 2012 directed the Political Parties and candidates not to use
which of the following in the election campaign as it was violating Article 51
(g) of the constitution?
(a) Animals and Birds
(b) Arms and ammunition
(c) Heavy vehicles
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
333. Name the Indian nuclear-capable
surface-to-surface missile which on 19
September 2012 was successfully test fired from Wheeler Island, off the Odisha
Coast.
(a) Agni III
(b) Agni IV
(c) Prithvi III
(d) Agni V
Answer: (b)
334. Scientists of the University of
Michigan developed a gene therapy which they claimed could restore the sense of
olfactory function. What is this olfactory function related to?
(a) Sense of hearing
(b) Sense of smell
(c) Sense of sight
(d) Sense of touch
Answer: (b)
335. Australian scientists along with
US experts claimed that they have discovered treatment for Alzheimer patients
following a study finding a link to abnormalities in Alzheimer Patients.
Alzheimer’s disease is related to?
(a) Brain
(b) Heart
(c) Eye sightedness
(d) Liver
Answer: (a)
336. Researchers from the Walter and
Eliza Hall Institute in Australia discovered that two proteins that work
together to kill self-reactive immune cells can protect against diseases such
as type1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis principally
attacks which part of the body?
(a) Joints
(b) Skin
(c) Lungs
(d) Kidney
Answer: (a)
337. India enter into its first
multi-lateral Social Science research collaboration with four European Nations
by the approval of projects for networking and social science research
cooperation in between the researchers of these nations. The colaboration came
into existence on which date?
(a) 2 September 2012
(b) 7 September 2012
(c) 5 September 2012
(d) 4 September 2012
Answer: (c)
338. The Zoological Society of London
and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released a list of
100 different species to be first in line for extinction from 48 different
countries during the World Conservation Congress held in Republic of Korea on
11 September 2012. The Indian species that was categorised under first line of
extinction was_____________
(a) Great Indian Bustard
(b) One horned Rhino
(c) Indian giant Squirrel
(d) Asiatic Lion
Answer: (a)
339. Name the astronaut of Indian
American origin who took over the command of International Space Station on 15
September 2012.
(a) Sunita Williams
(b) Kalpana Chawla
(c) Ravish Malhotra
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
340. Scientists at Goddard Institute
for Space Studies (GISS) warned that most of Earth's land areas might face an
extreme summer heat wave than they did faced in between 1951 to 1980. Goddard
Institute of Space Studies is a division of which space research centre?
(a) ISRO
(b) NASA
(c) Centre of astrophysics
(d) European Space Agency
Answer: (b)
341. On which date from 1995 onwards
the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is celebrated
worldwide?
(a) 15 September
(b) 18 September
(c) 16 September
(d) 12 September
Answer: (c)
342. Where the ozone layer is mainly
found in the Earth’s atmosphere?
(a) Stratosphere
(b) Hemisphere
(c) Ozonosphere
(d) Troposphere
Answer: (a)
343. The environment ministry on 12
September 2012 suspended the clearance of environmental guidelines issued to 93
Mines across which state?
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Goa
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: (c)
344. Scientists at NASA on 27
September 2012 announced that the Mars Curiosity Rover has discovered stream
bed gravel, which hints towards the presence of waist-deep water on the surface
of Mars in the past. What is this Mars Curiosity Rover?
(a) Satellite
(b) Team of Astronauts
(c) Robotic explorer
(d) Meteors
Answer: (c)
345. The Indian Institute of
Toxicology Research reported that the water in and around the deserted Union
Carbide plant is contaminated and not fit for consumption. Where is this Union
Carbide Plant Located?
(a) Bhopal
(b) Jaipur
(c) Shimla
(d) Bhubaneswar
Answer: (a)
346. The endangered species, Great
Indian Bustard and Lesser Florican have got a dedicated land for breeding in
the Shonkaliya Region of Ajmer District, Rajasthan. What are they?
(a) Birds
(b) Animals
(c) Insects
(d) Amphibian
Answer: (a)
347. The simultaneous earthquakes seen
in past few years in which region is found to be a cause of the Tectonic Plate
Disintegration?
(a) Arabian Sea
(b) Indian Ocean
(c) Arabian Peninsula
(d) Himalyan Region
Answer: (b)
348. On which date the most
outstanding demonstrations of its own kind in Khandawa district of Madhya
Pradesh named Jal Satyagraha which had continued for 17 days at Omkareshwar Dam
Project came to an end?
(a) 10 September 2012
(b) 15 September 2012
(c) 17 September 2012
(d) 12 September 2012
Answer: (a)
349.
Public sector companies Oil India Ltd and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd in
the month of October announced acquisition of 30 percent stake in the asset of
a Colorado based Oil and Gas Company. Name the company on which the two public
sector companies have made their investments for this acquisition?
a)
Whiting Petroleum Corp., Oil and gas operations
b)
Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc's liquid rich shale assets
c)
Cimarex Energy Co., Oil and gas exploration/production
d)
MarkWest Energy Partners LP, Natural gas processor
Answer: (b)
350.
Indian Oil Corporation has recently tied up with a Bank to provide
banking services in rural areas at places of rural petrol pumps outlets of the
company. These outlets would act as Bank Business Correspondent in the areas
and 1000 would come up with 1000 Kisan Seva Kendras at different locations.
Name the bank with which the tie-up has been done?
a)
HDFC Bank
b)
ICICI Bank
c)
State Bank of India
d)
IDBI
Answer: (a)
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